
Download a copy of the latest VirtualBox Extension Pack from. On the Installation completed successfully screen, click Close. If prompted, enter your password to authorize the software installation. On the Standard Install on Macintosh HD screen, click Install.
On the Select a Destination screen, select Install for all users of this computer, and click Continue. A pop-up window appears requiring you to explicitly agree to the license terms. On the Software License Agreement screen, read through the agreement, print and/or save a copy if you wish, then click Continue. On the Welcome to the Oracle VM VirtualBox Installer screen, click Continue. A window entitled Install Oracle VM VirtualBox appears. Are you sure you want to continue? If you're not sure about the source of this package, click Cancel to prevent it from running the program and installing the software. If the following warning appears, This package contains a program that determines if the software can be installed. Double-click to open the VirtualBox.pkg icon. Download and install on your Intel-based Macintosh computer a free copy of VirtualBox from. Obtain a copy of Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office from the VUIT software store. Note that taking the default is not always correct for any given step.įollow these instructions to install VirtualBox and Microsoft Windows on your Intel-based Macintosh computer running Mac OS X. Here is a summary of the steps you need to follow in order, followed by the detailed instructions for each step. If you found this page, then you are probably in the situation where you need to be able to run Windows-only software on your Macintosh computer. MacOS X + VirtualBox + Microsoft Windows.
After initial setup is complete the USB settings and network adapters can be restored.Ĭongrats, you have a macOS version that's slower and uglier than Catalina! Hopefully Apple will replace the blurrier icons and other blurrier graphical interface elements by release time.Boot macOS Big Sur and complete the initial setup.Set the virtual machine's USB version to 1.1 and disable all network adapters from the VirtualBox settings (AppleKeyStore, the system's secure keychain, crashes otherwise).When the macOS initial setup starts, shut down macOS with Command-Q Run "Install macOS Beta.app", select "Show All Disks." and select the new empty disk.Run InstallAssistant.pkg which creates an "Install macOS Beta.app" in the /Applications folder.Attach it to the virtual machine and erase it with Disk Utility, formatting it to APFS. Use VirtualBox to create an additional disk image that's has at least 60GB of space.Windows can create and mount VHD disk images through Disk Management. Download Big Sur InstallAssistant.pkg (9GB) either inside the virtual machine or on the host on a disk image that will be mounted on the virtual machine.Here's how to run macOS Big Sur on VirtualBox: